These days, Rittelmeyer spends his work time advocating for people with disabilities who might otherwise lack meaningful access to the legal system. He earns only about half of what he was making in private practice, but he finds his work for Disability Rights North Carolina much more satisfying.

Rittelmeyer credits his daughter, Martha, as the inspiration
for his new career as an advocate for persons with disabilities.
Martha was born with a rare and disabling genetic disorder, and she
requires full-time care. She has also made him keenly aware of the
rights of persons with disabilities and the issues that are important
to them.

In a recent court victory, Rittelmeyer
obtained an injunction requiring the North Carolina Department of
Health and Human Services to delay indefinitely moving patients from
one state hospital to another until the Department addressed concerns
about security, safety, staffing, and technology. Congratulations to
John Rittelmeyer for taking his passion for disability rights and using
it to start a second, and more rewarding, legal career.

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